Even blind box hunters don't choose their partners? I got Su Daji from my blind box!

The atmosphere on stage was gloomy and chilling.

Chu Shanhe stared intently at the black letter in his hand, his grip so tight he almost crushed it.

A dark red liquid was still dripping from the edge of the letter, and its fishy smell was particularly pungent in the backstage area of ​​the auditorium, which was filled with the scent of sandalwood.

"Signature... Tianzhi Group..."

Liu Bo leaned closer and glimpsed the signature. His face turned deathly pale, and his expression became extremely unpleasant.

"Why are these bloodsuckers here again? Wasn't last year's principal and interest settled by settling accounts with them after the Education Bureau mediated, by giving them those plots of land belonging to the school?"

"Even if we settle accounts?"

Chu Shanhe crumpled the letter into a ball, slammed it into the trash can, and gritted his teeth.

"Trying to reason with a thug is like asking a tiger for its skin; how can you possibly resolve the situation peacefully?"

In the past, Chu Shanhe would have tolerated it.

After all, the school was really poor back then, so poor that even rats had to leave the cafeteria with tears in their eyes. In order to keep it running, he had to borrow money from loan sharks.

But things are different now!

Who is sitting outside?

It's Lin Xiao! It's Ye Chen! It's Bai Ling and Nalan Qing!

This is the backbone of the entire Dragon Kingdom's future, and Huayang Martial Arts University's only hope for a turnaround!

If these students were to see that they were being blocked at the school gate by people demanding money, and even that a coffin was being carried, wouldn't they lose face?

Wouldn't all that hard-earned, profound and sophisticated aura collapse in an instant?

"We absolutely cannot let Old Gu and Elder Mo know, and we must not alert the students!"

Chu Shanhe acted decisively, grabbing Liu Bo's tie, his anger flaring.

"Old Liu, come with me to the door! We have to get rid of these plague carriers first, no matter what!"

The two hurriedly straightened their clothes, forcing themselves to appear calm and composed, as if "even if Mount Tai collapses before them, they will not change their expression."

He apologized to Gu Qingfeng and Mo Daozi, who were preparing to give a speech, saying that someone was playing a prank and he needed to deal with it, before hurriedly slipping out through the side door.

……

The entrance to Wuhan University in Huayang.

The midday sun shone on the brand-new white marble school gate, making people dizzy.

The red carpet, specially laid out to welcome the new students, was now cut in half by a huge, pitch-black coffin.

The visual impact of red and black is simply shocking.

Beside the coffin, four men in black suits were smoking idly.

The man in the lead was about thirty years old, with a slicked-back hairstyle and gold-rimmed glasses. He looked refined and had the air of a corporate executive.

His name is Ah Sheng, a senior partner of Tianzhi Lending Group, and also a well-known "smiling tiger" in the area.

Behind him stood two men and one woman.

The burly man was called "Baji," and he wore a large gold chain and had a fierce-looking face.

The woman, named "Lan Xin," was wearing a leather jacket and touching up her makeup in front of a small mirror.

There is also a stoic man named "Lin Xia" who is holding a long sword that is not yet drawn, with a sinister and ruthless look in his eyes.

"Brother Sheng, this lousy school has struck it rich."

He exhaled a smoke ring, staring greedily at the two white marble pillars with dragon carvings, and chuckled.

"This gate alone must have cost tens of millions, right? It seems the rumors are true. We're going to make a killing this time."

Ah Sheng pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, a cold glint flashing behind the lenses.

"Tens of millions? That's too narrow-minded."

He flicked his cigarette ash, his tone dismissive.

"The fact that they're renovating the school at this critical juncture shows they've climbed the social ladder. For these nouveau riche, how could their previous interest payments possibly be enough to satisfy their hunger?"

"Moreover, the main reason we're here this time is for what that person wants to do."

Just then, two figures came running out of the campus, panting heavily.

"Oh, President Chu."

Ah Sheng threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it out with his shiny leather shoes, and put on his signature professional fake smile.

"Long time no see! You look radiant, have you struck it rich lately?"

Chu Shanhe took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Ah Sheng, our debt was settled six months ago! It's all in writing, and the Education Bureau has a record of it! What do you mean by blocking my school gate with a coffin today?"

"settle?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Sheng raised her eyebrows exaggeratedly and laughed loudly, raising her eyebrows even more dramatically.

"Principal Chu, that's ancient history. Back then you were dirt poor, and we were doing charity work, charging 'poverty alleviation interest'."

"Now that you're rich enough to afford to build this white marble gate, we naturally have to recalculate things based on 'compound interest'."

He pulled a calculator out of his briefcase and his fingers flew across the keys.

"Reset to zero, reset to zero... Hmm, not much. With principal and interest, add another 30 million, and this matter is over."

"Thirty million?!"

Liu Bo, standing nearby, was trembling with anger and pointed at A Sheng's nose, cursing.

"Why don't you just rob someone?! Even loan sharks don't calculate like this! We won't give you a single penny! If you don't get out, I'm calling the police!"

"Call the police?"

Ah Sheng's smile vanished abruptly, her expression turning chillingly cold in an instant.

He slowly pulled a stack of documents from his pocket and waved them in his hand.

"Director Liu, please don't get so angry. Calling the police will only damage the relationship."

"Besides, can the police really control debt repayment, or... social unrest?"

Chu Shanhe stared intently, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

That's not a loan agreement.

Those were screenshots of photos.

The scene shows a middle-aged man kneeling on the ground, crying and clinging to someone's leg, begging for money.

That man was none other than Chu Shanhe, who three years ago had to abandon all dignity in order to pay off the school's debts.

Besides the photos, there were also several signed dual contracts, which were used as leverage against us when we were forced to keep them back then.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Ah Sheng looked at Chu Shanhe, whose face was deathly pale, and spoke with a playful tone.

"The president of a prestigious university kneels and kowtows for a few tens of thousands of yuan. If this were posted online with a headline like 'President of Huayang Martial Arts University's Private Morality is Corrupt'... do you think this newly renovated gate would be vandalized with excrement?"

"You...you're despicable!!"

Chu Shanhe swayed and almost lost his balance.

That was the deepest scar in his heart, the humiliation he had to swallow for the sake of this dilapidated school.

To have his image exposed so brutally and displayed in front of the entire school is worse than death.

"Give me money, or ruin my reputation."

Ah Sheng shrugged: "Principal Chu, you're a smart man, you should know how to choose."

Chu Shanhe bit his lip hard, his mouth filled with the taste of rust.

Pay me?

The school's accounts are filled with special funds donated by various powerful organizations, and every single transaction is monitored, so they can't be touched at all!

You won't give it to me?

Once these things are exposed, the popularity that Huayang Wuda has just gathered will vanish in an instant!

"Okay...we can talk about the money."

Chu Shanhe's voice became hoarse, and he instantly aged ten years.

"But what about that coffin? And what does 'blood for blood' mean in the letter? Our school may be poor, but we've never killed anyone!"

This is what he can't understand the most.

He admitted to extorting money, but he couldn't bear the blame for murder!

"Oh, you mean this?"

Ah Sheng gave Ba Ji a wink, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"Since Principal Chu is so forgetful, let's help him remember. *Smack* Open the coffin!"

"Okay!"

The burly man sneered, stepped forward, grabbed the heavy coffin lid with one hand, and yanked it open.

"boom--"

The coffin lid hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

A nauseating stench instantly assaulted Liu Bo's nostrils, nearly causing him to vomit his breakfast on the spot.

Chu Shanhe and Liu Bo covered their noses and subconsciously looked into the coffin.

I originally thought there would be a faked corpse inside, or an old man trying to scam me.

however.

When they saw what was inside the coffin, their expressions froze instantly, and their minds went blank.

That was a dog.

To be precise, it was a emaciated, bald-skinned Chinese rural dog that had been dead for an unknown period of time.

It lay quietly on an expensive silk lining, appearing both absurd and ridiculous.

The entire room fell silent.

The wind swept across the red carpet, stirring up a few withered leaves, creating an awkward moment.

"this……"

Liu Bo stared wide-eyed at the dead dog in the coffin, his fingers trembling.

"This is what you call... a blood debt?!"

"presumptuous!"

Ah Sheng suddenly let out a sharp shout, his face displaying a heart-wrenching grief worthy of an award-winning actor.

He pointed at the dead dog and roared in anguish.

"What dead dog?! This is Wangcai, the guardian beast of our Tianzhi Group!!"

"Three years ago! Wangcai was passing by your Huayang Martial Arts University and kindly went in to check things out, but ended up eating the swill that your cafeteria dumped out! After going back, he suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, became listless, and eventually died of depression!!"

"A vibrant life! Killed by your pig swill!"

"Isn't this a blood debt?! Shouldn't this be repaid with a life?!"

Ah Sheng became more and more excited as she spoke, spittle flying everywhere.

"Today, you not only have to pay back the 30 million yuan debt, but also 10 million yuan in funeral expenses! Otherwise, this coffin will be buried right in front of your school gate! Let everyone see what a heartless and rotten place Huayang Martial Arts University is!!"

"I...I'll fuck your grandpa!!"

Liu Bo finally couldn't hold back any longer, and after decades of self-restraint, he fed the dog.

Deceiving too much!

It's like they're being utterly insulted!

Using a stray dog ​​that ate swill and died to frame Wudao University?

Is this some kind of excuse that carbon-based life forms could come up with?!

"Let's fight them!!"

Liu Bo roared, his blood surging. Although he wasn't very strong, all he wanted to do at that moment was knock the teeth out of these bastards.

"Hmph, you won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences."

Ah Sheng sneered, showing no intention of even making a move.

The glamorous woman Lan Xin and the expressionless man Lin Xia behind him both stepped forward at the same time.

"boom!!"

Two powerful auras erupted instantly.

Seventh-tier martial artist!

Moreover, he is the kind of seventh-tier combatant who licks blood from the edge of a knife and kills without hesitation!

A terrifying pressure descended like a mountain crashing down, instantly pinning Liu Bo to the spot, making it difficult for him to even move a finger.

Chu Shanhe's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly stepped in front of Liu Bo, but he was also shaken so badly that his blood and qi surged, and he took three steps back.

"Want to make a move?"

Ah Sheng straightened his tie, walked up to Chu Shanhe, and patted the old principal's cheek in a gesture that was extremely humiliating.

"Principal Chu, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"The reason our Tianzhi Group can act with impunity in Donghai City is because we have a true master standing behind us!"

"If this matter isn't resolved peacefully today, what will arrive here tomorrow won't be coffins, but bulldozers."

despair.

A deep sense of despair enveloped Chu Shanhe's heart.

Grandmaster.

Those are figures standing at the pinnacle of martial arts; even the current Huayang Martial Arts University probably can't afford to offend a local tyrant of that caliber.

Although the students at the school have incredibly powerful backing, that's none of their business.

Do I really have to kneel down and give them money?

Just as Chu Shanhe clenched his fists, his nails piercing his palms in preparation for a desperate fight.

An aged yet powerful voice slowly drifted out from the campus.

"Xiao Chu, why does it take so long to deal with a prank?"

"The students are getting impatient. If they don't go back soon, that brat Zhang Xuan is going to dismantle the chairs in the auditorium and sell them for money."

Da, da, da.

Accompanied by the sound of slow footsteps, two elderly people dressed in plain clothes strolled out with their hands behind their backs, as leisurely as if they were taking a walk in a park.

It was Gu Qingfeng and Mo Daozi.

The two still had the afterglow of being shocked by the group of "monster students" in the auditorium on their faces, their cheeks flushed and they seemed to be in a very good mood.

Seeing the scene at the entrance, Gu Qingfeng frowned slightly.

"What's going on here? Why is there a coffin? Is this a new funeral service major at our school?"

Ah Sheng glanced at the two old men who seemed to have no vitality, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.

Two more old good-for-nothings.

I bet this lousy school poached a gatekeeper from some nursing home.

"Oh, so this is your teaching staff?"

Ah Sheng sneered, pointing at Gu Qingfeng and Mo Daozi, her tone full of sarcasm.

"An old coffin stuffing dug out of a coffin shop? Perfect, I originally prepared this coffin for a dog, but since two old ones have come, I'll prepare it for you. Buy one get one free, I'll take the money."

The voice just fell.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Chu Shanhe and Liu Bo opened their mouths in horror, looking at Asheng as if she were a dead man.

Is this guy... insane?!

Does he even know who he's insulting?!

Gu Qingfeng stopped in his tracks, and his originally smiling face gradually darkened.

He slowly raised his head, and a chillingly fierce glint suddenly flashed in his cloudy old eyes.

"The stuffing of an old coffin?"

Gu Qingfeng pondered the word, his gaze sharp as a knife, coldly landing on Asheng's arrogant face.

The moment their eyes met.

Ah Sheng's smile froze, instantly solidifying.

His pupils contracted sharply, his body shuddered violently as if electrocuted, and a chill shot from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.

This face...

Those eyes...

He would recognize me even if I were reduced to ashes!

Ten years ago.

Jingwu Weapons Academy.

That man who, because of his own wicked intentions, repeatedly guided himself, and later, finding that verbal guidance was useless, could only guide him through his actions, repeatedly "caressing" himself...

"Gu...Gu..."

Ah Sheng's jaw trembled, and her legs went limp like noodles, instantly losing their support.

To everyone's astonishment.

This was the same Tianzhi Group executive who had just been arrogant and domineering, boasting that he would flatten Huayang Martial Arts University.

With a "plop".

He knelt upright in front of the coffin.

The sound of a knee hitting the concrete floor was crisp and pleasant.

"Teacher Gu..."

Gu Qingfeng walked up to Asheng with his hands behind his back, looking down at the trembling social elite with a cruel smile on his lips.

"Who do we have here, so arrogant?"

"So it was you, you wicked disciple..."

Gu Qingfeng reached out and gently patted Asheng's pale face, his voice so gentle it sent chills down one's spine.

"What, you've switched to delivering coffins after all these years?"

"This coffin..."

"I think you're preparing this for yourself, aren't you?"

Ah Sheng knelt down very decisively.

This kneeling wasn't done with a brain, but with the heart.

More accurately, the DNA moved.

The feeling was like a teenager caught up in a thrilling five-kill streak at an internet cafe, suddenly feeling a familiar chill down their spine, turning around to see—

Your homeroom teacher is smiling and staring at your screen.

That chilling fear that came from the depths of his soul shattered Ah Sheng's pride in his status as a seventh-tier martial artist.

"Teacher... teacher..."

Ah Sheng trembled all over, cold sweat instantly soaking through his expensive haute couture suit, sticking stickily to his back, making him look like a drowned dog drenched in the rain.

The "refined scoundrel" elitist demeanor he had just displayed vanished completely, leaving only a trembling voice choked with sobs.

"You...you hear my excuse...no, my explanation!!"

The three people standing behind him, Baji, Lanxin, and Linxia, ​​completely lost their minds.

However, Gu Qingfeng simply turned his head slowly.

Those cloudy old eyes, at this moment, were like an infrared sight, precisely locking onto the remaining three people.

He smiled slightly, revealing an almost excessively neat set of old teeth, and began the death roll call in a leisurely manner.

"What? It's been years since we last met. 'Iron-Headed Kid' Li Ba, 'Show-Off Girl' Lan Xin, and that 'Stoic' Lin Xia who's never utter a sound... you've all grown up?"

Gu Qingfeng's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like thunder exploding on the tops of the three people's heads.

"They don't even recognize their teachers anymore?"

These incredibly embarrassing nicknames are like some kind of ancient sealing spell.

Her leg, which had just stepped out, froze in mid-air, and the small mirror Lan Xin used for touching up her makeup shattered into pieces with a "crash."

Rinka, who had been holding the knife and trying to look cool, started to have the scabbard in her hand start hitting the ground uncontrollably, making a strange "thud thud thud" sound.

next second.

Without any hesitation, without any communication, it was as if it were some kind of muscle memory etched into their bones.

"Splash! Splash! Splash!"

These three ruthless men, feared throughout Donghai City, knelt down neatly beside Ah Sheng, like dominoes falling in a row.

The black coffin that was originally used to block the door has now become their podium.

Just moments ago, the "Four Fiends of Tianzhi" were menacing, but in the blink of an eye, they became elementary school students caught red-handed by the head teacher for making a mistake.

The four people knelt side by side, heads bowed, trembling, not daring to breathe.

Chu Shanhe and Liu Bo, who were standing to the side, stared wide-eyed, their jaws nearly dislocating.

Liu Bo rubbed his eyes and then pinched Chu Shanhe's thigh hard.

"Ouch—it hurts! Old Liu, are you crazy?" Chu Shanhe gasped.

"It's not a dream..."

Liu Bo muttered to himself, looking at the magical realism scene before him, feeling his worldview being restructured.

"This is even allowed?! These thugs... are they ancient students?!"

Gu Qingfeng ignored the shock of those around him.

He walked slowly to Ah Sheng, his hands behind his back, like a homeroom teacher inspecting morning self-study.

*Smack!*

Without any further ado, he delivered a resounding slap across the face.

This slap, though delivered without the use of internal force, was crisp and loud, knocking Ah Sheng's gold-rimmed glasses off her face, sending them flying in a perfect parabola through the air.

"This slap is for your betrayal of your master and ancestors!"

Gu Qingfeng's voice suddenly turned cold as he pointed at Asheng's nose and cursed.

"An old coffin stuffing? Hmm? Did you eat all that respect for teachers that I taught you at the weapons academy with pickled vegetables?! You don't even greet your teacher, and you want to give me a coffin? You're quite the filial son!"

Ah Sheng's face instantly became red and swollen, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

But he didn't even dare to cover his face; instead, he leaned closer and trembled like a kowtowing insect.

"Good riddance! The student knows he was wrong! The student deserves to be hit!"

Gu Qingfeng snorted coldly and walked up to the burly man without stopping.

He reached out and tugged at the thick gold chain around his neck, looking disgusted.

*Smack!*

Another resounding slap.

"This slap is a punishment for your self-degradation!"

Gu Qingfeng scolded him with exasperation.

"You're supposed to have all that martial arts skill to protect your country and fight on the front lines! Why the hell did you come here to be a loan shark thug?"

"Is that physique for you to bully honest people?! What are you doing, wearing a dog leash and pretending to be a gangster?!"

Slap-slapped so hard his vision was seeing stars. The 200-pound man looked as aggrieved as a 200-pound child, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Teacher, I...I'm just trying to make a living...This chain is a gold-plated one I bought on Pinduoduo, it's not worth much..."

"You dare talk back?!" Gu Qingfeng made a move to hit him again.

Startled, Baji shrank back and buried his head in his crotch.

Gu Qingfeng walked up to Lan Xin and Lin Xia.

"Slap! Slap!"

Two more crisp sounds rang out, and the raindrops were evenly distributed.

Lan Xin's carefully applied smoky makeup was ruined, turning her into a panda eye.

The long sword in Linxia's arms was knocked to the ground with a clang.

"One is vain, always painting himself looking like a ghost! The other is pretentious, can't even hold a knife properly yet tries to be an assassin!"

Gu Qingfeng stood in front of the four people, his chest heaving violently, clearly very angry.

"I taught you martial arts to cultivate your character and help you distinguish right from wrong, not to turn you into thugs and scoundrels!"

"Look at the pathetic state you're in! I'm ashamed of you! Don't tell anyone you're my students; I can't bear the embarrassment!!"

The four men knelt in a row, their faces swollen like pigs' heads, but they could only kowtow and admit their mistakes.

"Teacher, please calm down! We were wrong! We were really wrong!"

This scene made Mo Daozi, who was not far away, shake his head and sigh while waving his folding fan.

"Old Gu, your teaching quality is terrible. How come all the students you teach are such misfits? Unlike me, although I have fewer students, every single one of them is a dragon among men..."

After finishing a round, Gu Qingfeng's anger seemed to have subsided somewhat.

He took the wet wipe from Mo Daozi, slowly wiped his hands, and the anger on his face suddenly subsided.

He adopted a chillingly calm expression.

He narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on Ah Sheng, who was kneeling at the front, like a hawk's.

"Alright, have you finished your self-inflicted injury act?"

Gu Qingfeng's voice turned unusually cold.

"Although the four of you are wicked, you're not stupid. With the huge commotion that Huayang Martial Arts University has caused recently, even a fool would know that someone is behind it."

"Your Tianzhi Group has managed to establish itself in China; surely you can see the stakes involved?"

"For a mere tens of millions, you dare to kick this hot potato? And you even brought a coffin?"

Gu Qingfeng bent down, his gaze level with Asheng's, his tone revealing a chilling killing intent.

"Ah Sheng, I've watched you grow up. Your little tricks might fool others, but not me?"

Ah Sheng's body stiffened abruptly, and her eyes began to flicker violently.

Cold sweat cascaded down his forehead, dripping onto the cement floor and forming a small puddle.

"Teacher... really... really just doing it for the money."

Ah Sheng forced a smile and said through trembling teeth.

"The group is currently experiencing cash flow problems, and the higher-ups are pressuring us. We had no choice... so we thought we'd scare them with a coffin, and maybe the money would come back..."

*Smack!*

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Qingfeng slapped him again with his other hand.

This time, it contains the internal strength of a grandmaster.

Ah Sheng was sent flying by the blow, crashing heavily into the black coffin. She coughed up a mouthful of blood, and half of her teeth were knocked loose.

"You dare to lie to me?!"

"Looks like you didn't pay attention in a single moral education class back then!"

boom--!!

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Gu Qingfeng's thin body.

That was the aura of a true grandmaster who had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the murderous aura accumulated from slaying countless powerful figures.

The once clear sky instantly darkened, and the air became as thick as mercury.

Liu Bo and Chu Shanhe felt short of breath and their legs went weak.

As for Ah Sheng and the other three who were the first to be hit, they felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on their backs, and their bones made cracking sounds as if they could not bear the weight.

"Last chance."

Gu Qingfeng walked towards Asheng step by step, each step feeling like stepping on his heart.

"to be honest."

"Otherwise, this coffin would be for the four of you to use today."

The shadow of death loomed over the entire scene.

No one doubted Gu Qingfeng's words.

He's absolutely capable of cleaning house.

Under the oppressive force of Gu Qingfeng's almost tangible killing intent, A Sheng's psychological defenses completely collapsed.

Ignoring the blood at the corner of his mouth, he frantically scrambled to his feet, knelt down again, and banged his head against the ground repeatedly, his voice filled with anguish.

"Teacher! Teacher! I'll talk! I'll talk!!"

"Yes...someone instigated this! That 30 million was just a smokescreen! Making a big scene and ruining Huayang Martial Arts University's reputation was also a smokescreen!"

Ah Sheng raised her head, her eyes filled with fear—fear of Gu Qingfeng, and fear of the person behind the scenes.

"Their real goal is to bring new life into the world!"

"It's that... freshman named Lin Xiao..."

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